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Families come in all shapes and sizes these days. You have blended families, which come with their own complications, divorced families, same-gender parent families, and more. There is one type of family, however, that poses some very sensitive complications. If someone who has children, gets a divorce, marries someone new, and has more children with that new spouse, things can get tricky. The new set of children is the half-siblings of the original set. The original set, by the way, feel that way—like the originals. Even though all the children are technically related, and they share a parent, they just don’t bond instantly the way full siblings do. Not to mention that, the shared parent’s attention can naturally be more on the younger, second set of children because they just need more of it. It’s never easy on anybody, but if you are the parent who has remarried and had a new set of children with your second spouse, just be careful not to neglect your original children in these ways.
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Holidays are split
If the original kids live with the other parent, they still want to see both parents for major holidays. But their remarried parent might spend these holidays with her new family, and her younger, second set of children. That leaves her original children feeling like they miss out on major, special times together.
